Tag Archives: Springettsbury Township

Hanover car promised to get 40-50 miles a gallon in the 1920s: Linked in with neat York County history stuff, May 13, 2012

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Jim McClure

Yorktownsquare.com covers conservation work at Harley-Davidson’s Springettsbury Township plant, a discovery involving Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train, a story about pop artist Jeff Koons and a memorial suggestion for the late George Leader

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York County’s British POW Camp Security was not that secure, drawing shows

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Jim McClure

This scene of Springettsbury Township’s Camp Security is one of several drawn by British prisoner Roger Lamb incarcerated at this American Revolution POW camp. It will go on display at a public fundraising event to purchase land where the camp sat in 1781 to 1783. York, County, Pa.’s, Camp Security is the last remaining undeveloped POW camp from the American Revolution.

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What would York County be without its wonderful old farmhouses and barns?

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Jim McClure

Strickler family members and York County, Pa., preservationists are concerned about the future of this old farmhouse near the York County Prison in Springettsbury Township. York County Commissioners say the house will remain standing.

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Avalong barn demolition: So, what’s the big deal?

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Jim McClure

A demolition team plied their craft on the Avalong Barn, taking down recently built structures at the Springettsbury Township landmark. The older part of the barn stands – for now.

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Landmark Yorktowne Paper smokestack defies odds as a standing factory stack

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Jim McClure

Yorktowne Paperboard may soon reopen. The longtime business, which closed about a year ago, is easily located because of its smokestack bearing the company’s name visible along Interstate 83.

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Spring Valley Peacock Farm, Part III: A telling, troubling story about York County

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Jim McClure

Spring Valley Peacock Farm’s demolition provides a telling, troubling story about what’s going on in York County. Also, videos of the old Cyclorama building in Gettysburg coming down.

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Avalong barn family member: ‘This is an opportunity to create … not demolish a part of the past’

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Jim McClure

Avalong Farm family members believe the old landmark barn in Springettsbury Township, most recently the Pfaltzgraff pottery outlet store, will come down soon to make way for a bank.

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Springettsbury farmhouse provided a telling, troubling story about York County

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Jim McClure

Springettsbury farmhouse, part of Spring Valley Peacock Farms, provided a telling, troubling story about York County

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Doomed Avalong barn indicative of York County’s eroding sense of place. The public must continue to speak loudly

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Jim McClure

Doomed Avalong barn indicative of York County’s eroding sense of place. The public must continue to speak loudly

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Springettsbury Fire Hall not historic, but memorable: Linked in to history, 2/20/13

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Jim McClure

Springettsbury Fire Hall is not historic, dating back to only 1958. But thousands of people have passed through its doors for all kinds of community events. It’s coming down in 2014.

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